#robin sylvester

[hevanderson]

glee + reductress headlines

[infinityinc4ever]

Brian Bolland’s gorgeous JSA cover

[90ssuperheroes]

directors directing their heroes

[wanderingmind867]

I just thought of how I would have handled the Justice Society in the 70s: I would adamantly refuse to kill anyone (besides maybe batman and catwoman of earth-two), and I would probably replace the main JSA with eight young, new members: Robin (Dick Grayson), Speedy (Roy Harper), Star-Spangled Kid, Sandy the Golden Boy, Power Girl, The Huntress, Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks and Batgirl (Bette Kane). Before you say something about Bette Kane: don't tell me she didn't exist on Earth-Two. They establish that Kathy Kane (Batwoman) existed on earth-two. If you get one, you get the other. It counts. So, yeah. This is probably how i'd do it. And i'd then probably add Infinity Inc as it's own separate thing a few years later.

[evilhorse]

All-Star Comics #58

[transbookoftheday]

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[luffyluvrs]

such a cute cover :<

[cantsayidont]

April 1950. Years before Betty Kane or Barbara Gordon, the Robin solo strip in STAR SPANGLED COMICS #103 briefly floated the idea of giving Robin a female counterpart: Roberta the Girl Wonder. The story begins at Dick Grayson's high school, where the girls are discussing their hopeless crush on Robin. One of them, redheaded Mary Wills, then has a brainstorm:

Mary is adorable in this story, although the assertion that Dick Grayson's peers are enamored with Robin (something that was repeated on and off into his college days in the 1970s) doesn't withstand close analysis. Even by the standards of the late '40s and early '50s, Robin is only a little less of a nerd than the young Clark Kent in the Superboy strip (who quickly established himself as the epitome of squaredom), and Dick Grayson at least as bad. However, Mary is determined:

A crime-compact! Obviously, Mary has already grasped the merchandising potential of being a Bat-adjacent crimefighter, but where did this teenage girl get smoke, gas, and explosive capsules? (Is that what we're supposed to assume she was making in panel 2 above?) Troubling …

As "Roberta the Girl Wonder," Mary quickly manages to introduce herself to Robin, even sneaking into the Batcave by hiding in the trunk of the Batmobile. However, to her dismay, Robin responds to her with irritation and disdain.

She asks a pretty reasonable question, honestly. Upon meeting her, Robin's immediate reaction is that "this is too dangerous a game for a girl" (but totally fine for a boy who doesn't even have any pants, apparently), and he subsequently becomes very critical of her ability to cover her tracks to protect her secret identity (much of which criticism seems unmerited or at least overblown), but even if you consider those reasonable arguments, his almost total disinterest in her (the above splash page not withstanding) does end up coming across as kind of gay. The comics were a little vague about how old Robin was supposed to be, but the beginning of this story indicates that he and Mary go to the same high school, so he's probably 15 or 16. That he reacts to a pretty girl his own age expressing obvious interest in him as if she were trying to sell him aluminum siding is thus a little odd unless, as Mary suggests, he just doesn't like girls.

To underscore the point, Robin deliberately sabotages her, arranging to douse her with chemicals (with which he's surreptitiously dosed the perfume shown below) to make her mask fall off in public:

Poor Mary.

Mary Wills is more than a little reminiscent of another STAR SPANGLED COMICS character: Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks. First seen in STAR SPANGLED COMICS #81 in June 1948 (although she didn't adopt her costumed identity until the following issue), she was Merry Pemberton, adoptive sister of Sylvester Pemberton, the Star-Spangled Kid. Syl tried to discourage her from getting involved in crimefighting, but not only did she not listen to him, she soon took over his strip.

The above panels are from a story in STAR SPANGLED COMICS #86, which is still identified with the Star-Spangled Kid logo on the splash page even though Syl himself is nowhere in sight. With the following issue, the strip officially became Merry's in name as well as fact. However, with reader interest in superheroes fading rapidly, the strip lasted only through #90, in March 1949.

Roberta the GIrl Wonder may have originated an attempt to create a similar heroine for the Robin strip, but given how hard the ending of her story shuts down the possibility of her reappearing, one assumes editor Whitney Ellsworth decided that particular ship had sailed. National-DC was not very likely to replace Robin with a girl the way Merry had replaced her brother and Black Canary had superseded Johnny Thunder, and in any event, it had already become clear that it wasn't going to arrest the sales decline. Even Robin would soon lose the STAR SPANGLED cover slot to Tomahawk, and in 1952, the book became STAR-SPANGLED WAR STORIES.

[faline-cat444]

Wile E. and Porky is definitely a more unique spin on who to cast as the Batman and Robin parody(Have those two ever actually interacted properly in one of the cartoons before?)

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

Friar Porky: L-l-l-l-l-l-let us open a b-b-bottle and do our best to save each other's s-s-s-souls. Sylvester: Alaths, I am not permitted. Friar Porky: F-f-f-f-f-f-fine then, you talk, I'll d-d-d-d-d-drink.

[infinityinc4ever]

One of my all-time favorite covers. The first appearance of Power Girl!

[nerdytextileartist]

Incorrect Quotes- DC Comics Edition #5/CW Stargirl Edition #1

Sylvester Pemberton: And why should we listen to you?

Richard Swift: Because, unlike some other Shades, I can speak with an English accent.

[wanderingmind867]

You know, we already have four teens in the 40s and 50s who could've been made the Earth-Two Teen Titans equivalent. Robin (Dick Grayson), Speedy (Roy Harper), the Star-Spangled Kid and Sandy, the Golden Boy. All four of these characters already existed on Earth-Two, yet I don't know if we address all of them. I'm pretty sure everyone forgets that there was a unique Green Arrow and Speedy on Earth-Two, but it's true. They were seperate from their Earth-One counterparts, and therefore Speedy could definitely have been a part of the JSA stuff. If the Star-Spangled Kid could transition from the Seven Soldiers of Victory to the JSA, why not Roy Harper too? And hell, Earth-Two's Roy Harper probably never had any drug problems. Their Oliver Queen never grew the goatee and lost his fortune. They were too busy being lost in time for a significant portion of time (as detailed in Justice League of America #100-102). So, you know, they could have done something with him. But no, instead they forgot about him. I really wonder if anyone at DC was coordinating anything to make sense. Because the Earth-Two stuff always reeks to me of missed potential.

[evilhorse]

All-Star Comics #69

[ivystoryweaver]

Hello hello! I am new to your blog :) love your with you story <3 I want to know who your top 5 actors/actresses are?

Hi! I'm so excited - you are my first anon ask! Welcome!

Top 5, let's see. I picked 6, sorry! lol (these are based on talent and nothing about the actors personally)

I am a long time adoring fan of Ewan McGregor.

Oscar Isaac, obviously. I feel like these ^ 2 gents can do anything. They are so all-around talented, and are my top faves. I will go out of my way to watch anything they do. On the old-school side, Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks are so talented, and I have this soft spot for Sylvester Stallone. On the "now" side of things, I have really enjoyed Pedro Pascal ever since GOT and his projects just keep getting better.

Actresses: Gillian Anderson, Natalie Portman, Robin Wright, Catherine O'Hara, Viola Davis, Mariska Hargitay

This list was harder than I thought! I tend to get more attached to projects or characters more than actors. Thanks for the ask!